"Not like I know any other vampires," said Heiji, which was his way of reassuring Cooper that his secret was safe. For his part, he'd never been human in the first place, and only his close proximity to them over the years had helped him understand some of their more erratic behaviors -- though it seemed to him that they, too, were animals like any other.

"But I'm a little surprised to hear that. I woulda thought compartmentalizing would be key to makin' it as a vampire. After all, most of them drink human blood, don't they?"